Bradley Stephens, MD, MPH
Bradley Stephens, MD, MPH, has joined Meritas Health Neurosurgery. A talented and well-respected board-certified neurosurgeon, Dr. Stephens provides comprehensive neurosurgical care. This includes minimally invasive, complex, deformity, trauma and revision-spine surgical services. He also provides neurosurgical care pertaining to congenital neuropathology, neuro-oncology, peripheral nerve surgery, chronic pain and neurotrauma.
He joins Stephen Reintjes Jr., MD, and Ammar Hawasli, MD, PhD, who are board certified in neurosurgery.
Training
Dr. Stephens earned his medical degree in 2010 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in neurosurgery at Washington University School of Medicine in 2011 and 2017, respectively. During this time, he distinguished himself by earning a master’s degree in public health from the Brown School at Washington University and completing a neurosurgery junior staff appointment at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin.
He began his U.S. Army military career in 2006, moving up through the ranks from 2nd Lieutenant in 2006, to Captain in 2010, to Major in 2017. After completing his neurosurgical training, he served active duty as a U.S. Army staff neurosurgeon. He was stationed at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, where he served as neurosurgical trauma chair/liaison from 2017-2019 and staff neurosurgeon from 2017-2020. From 2020-2021, he was a staff neurosurgeon at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, and was responsible for training neurosurgery residents.
Early Interest
His interest in neurosurgery is steeped in the experiences of his formative years.
“My passion for neurosurgery began in early childhood after witnessing family members suffer from various medical illnesses,” Dr. Stephens said. “I was powerless to help or intervene. Since that time, I have devoted my personal life and academic pursuits to the service of others and have dedicated my career to providing patients and their families compassionate, state-of-the-art neurosurgical care.”